Medieval Tapestries in The Metropolitan Museum of Art

by Adolph S. Cavallo

A study of the condition, subject, design, manufacture, ownership, and exhibitions for each tapestry or set of tapestries in the Museum's medieval tapestry collection.

688 pages, Hardcover

First published January 1, 1993

About the author

Adolph (or Adolfo) Salvatore Cavallo was elected at the first Chairman of the Metropolitan Museum of Art's Costume Institute in 1970. Previous to his election, Cavallo had worked as Curator of Textiles in the collection of textiles and costumes at the Museum of Fine Arts in Boston. Previously he had held positions at the Detroit Institute of Arts in Education and as Curator of Decorative Arts at the Brooklyn Museum.